I’ll never forget the crushing silence after sending out my first 20 engineering cover letters. Zero responses. Turns out, my “one-size-fits-all” approach was about as effective as using a hammer for brain surgery. My generic template completely failed to showcase what I could actually do or prove I understood what the company needed. Let’s be […]
I’ll never forget sitting in my dorm room at 2 AM, staring at a completely blank resume template. Four years of engineering school, countless all-nighters debugging code, and somehow I couldn’t figure out how to make myself sound hireable on paper. Sound familiar? According to the University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering, reviewing quality […]
